Stocking board



Nov. 27 1923,

H. COUL$TON STOCKING BOARD Filed July 10, 1920 F t-tented Nov. 27, 1923.

,JUNETED STATE-S. PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY COULSTON, 0F PHILADELI HIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ, INCORPORATED, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION or PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCKING BOARD.

Application filed. July 10,

To all whom it may concern:

c it known that I, HARRY COULSTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Stocking Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a drying board for stockings, of the type known as fish-tail boards, with means for receiving the heel of the stocking, said means being pivoted so that it can be closed against the foot portion of the stocking, enabling the device to be used in connection with an automatic stocking drying device, and also holding the parts firmly in position so as to crease the stocking properly in drying.

In this type of stocking board, the crease is made at the sides and not at the front and rear.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved stocking board;

Fig. 2 is a side view, showing the heel section closed against the foot and having a stocking thereon, the stocking being in sec tion;

Fig. 3 shows the heel portion projected and a stocking on the board;

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the bearing plate;

Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the heel support;

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the spring; and

Fig. 7 is a view illustrating a modification.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body of the board shaped at the lower end to fit any suitable support. 2 is the leg portion. 3 is the foot portion and 4: is the support for the heel of the stockin This heel support is made of a plate, as shown in the drawings,

and having a portion 5, which rests flat against a bearing plate 6 when the heel support is projected, as in Fig. 3, being held in this position by a spring 7. The bearing plate has a transverse rib 8 formed by pressing the plate into the shape shown andthe portion 5 of the heel support rests agalnst the projection. The heel support has a central pressed up arched piece 9, which extends between the forked ends oi the spring 7.

1920. Serial No. 395,264.

By this construction, the heel support is held by the spring against lateral movement on the bearing plate 6, yet when it is desired to detach the heel support, all that is necessary is to pull it out from under the spring in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, and another heel support can be forced in between the bearing plate and the spring. It will be noticed that the spring is so proportioned in regard to the pivot portion of the heel support that; the spring will hold the heel support in the closed position, as in Fig. 2, or will hold it in the projected position, as in Fig. 3.

. It will be understood that the heel support may be of dilferent sizes, depending upon the size of the stocking to be dried. By simply detaching one heel support and inserting a larger, or a smaller, one in its place, the boards will accommodate a number of sizes of stockings.

In some instances, the bearing plate and spring may be made adjustable, as shown in Fig. 7, in which both parts are slotted to receive the screws 10 by which they are secured to the body portion of the board.

By the above construction, it will be seen that a stocking can be mounted on this board, the heel portion of the stocking being slipped over the heel support, as in Fig. 3. Then the heel support is turned on its pivot so as to clamp the heel of the stocking against the foot portion thereof, as in Fig. 2, holding the two parts in proper relation so that, when the stocking is dried, the heel will be folded against the foot and the crease will be at the sides of the stocking.

Furthermore, this arrangement. allows a board of this type to be used in an automatic stocking drier, where room is essential.

I claim:

1. The combination in a stocking board, of a body portion; a heel support, pivotally mounted thereon; and a spring tending to hold the heel support in either of its two positions.

2. The combination in a stocking board, of a body portion; a bearing plate secured to the stocking board and having a rib;.a spring extending over the bearing plate and notched so as to form a forked projection; and a heel support having an angular portion at its lower end adapted to rest between the spring and the bearing plate and havthe spring tending to hold the heel support ing an arched section extending into the in either of its two positions the connection not-ch of the spring so as to hold the heel between the heel support and the spring be- 10 support against lateral movement. ing such that the heel support can be With- 5 3, The ombination of a stocking hoard; drawn" from under the spring and detached a-spring; and a-heel support havinga porfrom the board. tion extending under the end of the spring, HARRY C'OULSTON. 

